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Abhidhammapiṭaka · Kathāvatthu · Vol. 37 · Section 189

[189] [Sakavādin:] "Is the person (puggala) apprehended in the sense of a real and ultimate fact (sacchikaṭṭhaparamaṭṭhena)?" [Paravādin:] "Yes (āmantā)." [Sakavādin:] "Is not the Blessed One a speaker of truth (saccavādī), a speaker at the right time (kālavādī), a speaker of what is (bhūtavādī), a speaker of what is so (tathavādī), a speaker of what is not untrue (avitathavādī), a speaker of what is not otherwise (anaññathavādī)?" [Paravādin:] "Yes." [Sakavādin:] "Was it said by the Blessed One: 'a pot of ghee (sappikumbha)'?" [Paravādin:] "Yes." [Sakavādin:] "Is there anyone who makes a pot out of ghee?" [Paravādin:] "It should not be said thus (na hevaṃ vattabbe)." [Sakavādin:] "Then it should not be said: 'The person is apprehended in the sense of a real and ultimate fact.'"

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.